phd at Department of Electrical Engineering and of the University of Leuven, Belgium

The research division SISTA (Signals, Identification, System Theory and Automation)

(http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/scd/) is one of the largest research groups of the

Department of Electrical Engineering and of the University of Leuven, Belgium (www.kuleuven.be).

Our research activities drive on numerical linear algebra, system identification and control,

algorithms for numerical optimization and machine learning (support vector machines) and

signal processing.

We also have numerous applications in industrial process control, biomedical signal processing,

bio-informatics, health decision support systems and telecommunications.

We are looking for well motivated researchers to start a 4 year PhD or for experienced postdocs to

pursue research activities in these fields and application areas.

On our website (http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/scd/), one can find a description of more than 20 different

specific research topics, in which we have openings for PhDs and postdocs.

We can offer a competitive salary, a stimulating research environment, settled in the nice historic

city of Leuven and its surroundings (http://www.leuven.be/showpage.asp?iPageID=1688), within

a university the origins of which go back to 1425.

Electronic applications, including a CV, a list of publications, names of two possible references,

and a brief description of your research interests and motivation, should be submitted to

bart.demoor@esat.kuleuven.be.

PhD Position in Applied Mathematics at Austrian Academy of Sciences

Description: The Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM) in Linz is looking for

1 PhD student
in the field of the optimal control and optimisation. This position is part of the FWF (Austrian Science Fund) project "Numerical verification of optimality and optimality conditions for optimal control problems".

Requirements: A master's degree in (applied) mathematics or a closely related field is required. The successful candidate should have an excellent background in applied mathematics, optimization, partial differential equations, and their numerics. Programming skills are desirable.

Salary and Funding: The research is funded by the FWF (Austrian Science Fund) according to its salary guidelines → "FWF Personalkostensätze für DoktorandIn neu". The position is limited to three years. Funding for conference visits etc. is available. The position can start from September 1, 2009.

Inquiries and applications: Please send the usual documents (CV, degree certificates, thesis - if already finished, title and abstract otherwise, references, and letter of motivation), preferably by email, to

Daniel Wachsmuth

Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM)
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Altenbergerstraße 69
A-4040 Linz, Austria

website link:
http://people.ricam.oeaw.ac.at/d.wachsmuth/projects/